One of the neatest things that the students are able to do is build and launch their own rocket. Each student builds his/her own rocket and then each gets to launch that rocket at the Hiram Hickam Launch pad. So cool!
See how it's done...
So I put this in here...
Checking to see what to do next.
Can you really be this serious wearing an elephant head?
Anna demonstrates how the stages of the rocket are assembled.
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Glue has to be applied to the engine containment section. (This is where the rocket propulsion device will be inserted when the students reach the launch pad.)
Close observation of one another's work insures that it is done correctly.
Hunter is checking the directions one more time, just to be sure.
Now off to the Launch Pad
Rocket Launch prep...
The trainers are inserting the Rocket Propulsion Devices (engines with fireworks explosive material) that will allow these rockets to be lifted off of the ground.
The students were called out in the order that they had loaded their rockets onto the firing stands. Our trainers assisted in making sure that they were set up correctly.
3 - 2 - 1 Blastoff!!
(Look closely. You can actually see this rocket lifting off.)
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| Parachute deployed allowing for a safe landing. |
| This one should be able to be retrieved. What a great souvenir. |
Following the rocket's path.
Only 3 more to go. Mine is on the end. I was very honored that one of the Trainers made a rocket for me to launch. This was a first for me. I was able to experience some of the excitement that the children feel when they actually push the button to launch their rockets. And I was able to retrieve mine as well. I will have it proudly displayed in my classroom. "Thank you, James."
Could this young man be an astronaut one day?
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